Daily Republican., 1887-09-05
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fHILADgPuIA, Sept. 5.-Iiyzie Getty,
seventeen 5 ears-oid, of 1898 Elizabeth
street, was the victim of q cowardly as
sauit ON Saturday night, which would no
douDt have terminated seriously had she
not rec ived prompt aid from Special
Officer Taylor, OF the Reading Railroad
who CHANGED to be In the vicinity and
heard her cries for help.
Miss. Getty was on her way home from
the house OF a friend, and when near the
corner OF Emerald street and Lehigh
avenue she was attacked by three men,
one OF whom placed his hand over her
mouth, while bis companions bore the
girl TO vacant lot In the vicinity. She
struggled cespei ately, but could 10 moth
ing In the hands OF her captors.
AS the men were about to let her down
10 the ground near the middle Of The lot
she succeeded In fleeing her mouth, and
gave Two piercing screams for help before
her cries were stopped. Special Officer
Taylor, who was passing along the Rich.
mond branch Of the Reading Railroad
near the scene Of the assault, hurried 10
the direction Of the cries. Two of the
men cav him as he approached, and nsd,
but the third was choking the pirl to
stifie her cries and did not observe the
oficerint he was upon him, and he had
no chance TO get away.
The poor girl was almost unconscious
from fright and the choking she had re.
ceived, and 1t was some time before she
could relate the story of the attack. She
was accompanied home by one of the rail-
road watchmen who had also heard her
cries ard arrived ON the ground u few
moments sf.er Tayl reached the scene.
The prisoner gave the name of John
haugbtoD, his age as twenty-one years
and his residence as 1868 Martha etreet.
he had no explanation TO give. and Mag
istrate OBrien committed him yesterday.
Mics Getty Was unable to give the names
OF her assailants, as they were strangers,
and the police have but an imperfect de
sciiption OF those who made their escape.
Miss Getty was scratched and bruised in
her efforts to escape, but was not seriously
injured.
Lieutenant wilkins, of the Sixth dis
trict, observed three men passing on
Saturday night with q large bundle IN
their possession. Two policemen were
sent to shadow the gang, and they were
followed to the pawn shop at Eleventh
and Race, where they endeavored to dis
pose of three rolls of cloth. When the
police made their appearance, the men
scattered and ran, but they were all cap
tured. 1t was found that the cloth had
been stolen from the tailor store at S2G
Callowhill street, and at the hearing yes.
terd y they were all committed in default
of eail Tor further hearing on Wednes-
day.
Rudolph Litmer, 3 tall, well proper
Toned young man, seventeen years old of
1429 South street, was arrested BY Officer
Fulton, Of the Fifth district, last night,
for shooting Morris Casper, of 1928 South
street. Litner had returned from New
Jersey, where he had been pracficins
shooting with Albert Drescher, or Hcra-
whisky, of 1924 Ellsworth street, and was
sitting on the doorstep of his house ex
amining his revolver, when the weapon
accidentally wentof, the bullet imbedding
itself in the arm Of Casper, who was pass
ing at the time Litmer will have q hear
ing this morning.
W. T. Gulick, cashier of the hosiery
mill at Howard street and Lehigh avenue,
was robbed Of Sll5 In the Eighth National
Bank on Saturday by an old trick known
Is the "drop game" Mr.. Gulick was In
the act OF counting . large roll of bills
just handed him by the paying teller,
when man tapped him on the shoulder
and pointed to two or three notes lying on
the floor. Mr.. Gulick stopped to recover
them, when the stranger scoopsd In $115
from the pile on the desk, and left before
the loss was discovered
John Walter, who gives his residence
as 1872 Wilder street, visited Cohen's
pawnshop, at Seventeenth and Bainbridge
streets, yesterday for the purpose of nego-
tiating loan, with handsome gold
watch as collateral. MIR. Cohen recop-
nized the time piece as one which had
been advertised by the police authorities
as having been stolen, and he handed his
would be customer over to a policeman
The owner of the watch is not known, but
he Will be hunted UP in time TO confront
John before Magistrate Pole at the Cen.
trail to-day.
Captain Wiltbank and crew of the Phi.
ladelphia schooner Francis L. Cooper ar.
rived in this city on Saturday, and report
that, on August 10th, while the vessel
was lying ia the harbor of st. Andreas,
1t was totally destroyed by fire with her
cargo ofE4o0, 900 cocosnuts.-- The fire
was caused by the explosion OF an oil
lamp.
The wheel of a carriage, in which A A
Redheffer and wife were riding, on Sat.
urday, caught in the slot OF the cable
road, on Columbia avenue, near Twenty
third street, and sank to the hub. Mrs. |
was thrown out and severely
injured.
James Barrett, aged 81 years was stab
bed In the neck, on Saturday night, dur
Ing quarrel at Twenty second street and
Washington avenue Michael Gaul and
John Cannon, who are suspected of hav.
Ing been implicated In the assault, have
been arrested